Hog-nose cutter



(No Model.)

B. S. RUST.

HOG NOSE CUTTER.

No. 594,809. Patented Nov. 30 1897.

Mllllllllilllllllllllllllllqm llllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIII WITNESSES: s INVENTOR his attorney rrnn STATES ROBERT SINGLETON RUST, OF FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS ROLLING ROBERTSON, OF DELAPLANE, VIRGINIA.

HOG-NOSE'CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,809, dated November 30, 1897.

Application filed August 4, 1897. Serial No. 647,080. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT SINGLETON RUST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Front Royal, in the county of Warren and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iog-Vose Outters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the care of live stock.

The object is to produce a simple and eifect ive implement adapted for punching or cutting out a piece of flesh from the nose of swine, whereby to prevent them from rooting.

WVith this object in view the invention consists in the implement for cutting the cartilage or rooter of the nose of swine, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming-a part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, although it is to be understood that other forms of embodiment thereof may be employed without departing from the spirit of the same, and in these draw- 1ngs Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the implement as it appears when ready for use. Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation,'showing simply the jaws carrying the punch and the bed against which the punch contacts. Fig. 3 is a view in plan of a portion of the punchcarrying jaw, looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1, showing particularly the recess in which the punch is held in place. Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective of the punch removed from the implement; and Fig.

5 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 5 5, Fig. 4, showing particularly the form of the cutter or punch. Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken on the line 6 6, Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the tongs for carrying the operative parts of the implement, which consists of handles a a jaws a a and a rivet or bolt a for holding the parts assembled. As the tongs may be of any preferred construction, a detailed description of the form herein shown is deemed unnecessary, as other forms may be employed in lieu of that shown without departing from the spirit of the invention. 7

The upper jaw a is provided on its under side with a recess a, as shown in Fig. 3, this recess extending to the outer end of the jaw and having, in this instance, inclined side walls a, the trend of the-incline of both walls being in the same direction, as clearly shown at Fig. 2, to facilitate the insertion of the punch, as will appear later on. The jaw (t is provided with an approximately semicircular slot a extending entirely through it, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this slot being pro- .vided for the purpose of permitting the escape from the implement of the piece of flesh detached from the hogs nose. The jaw a is provided with a dovetailed recess a", in which is fitted a bed-piece a of lead, leather, or the like, against which the punch will bear in use, the function of which is to prevent dulling of the punch, as will be readily apparent. The punch B, which forms the essential feature of this invention, is constructed, preferably, of a single piece'of metal and comprises a head I) and a cutter or punch proper, 19 The head is of a shape to fit within the recess a, as shown in Fig. 4,, and is provided with an ofiset b ad'aptedto fit within a side recess a forming a continuation of the recess a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The outer wall of the jaw in which the recess a is formed is countersunk or provided with a depression a as shown in Fig. 3, this depression being engaged by a boss 17 on a thumb-nut 19", carried by a threaded extension 19 on the offset 79 When the punch is in place, the thumb-nut extends parallel with the length of the tongs, as shown in Fig. 1, and will, by means of the boss I) and depression n be prevented from disengagement with the jaw a but when the thumb-nut is turned at right angles to the jaw a the punch may readily be removed. I 7

As shown in Fig. 4, the disposition of th slot in the head of the cutter is such as to register with the slot a in the jaw a so that the flesh when detached from the hogs nose will be forced through the cutter and out of the slot a in the upper jaw, thereby preventing any clogging of the punch, the opening in the punch being approximately wedgeshaped, with its largest end at the discharge, for this purpose.

The shape of the cutter is such that when a piece of flesh has been detached it Will be impossible for the wound to heal, as the walls thereof are so widely separated that contact between the same will be impossible, so that when a hogs nose has once been operated upon by this implement it will be ever thereafter prevented from rooting.

By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the head b of the cutter is shaped to fit between the walls a of the recess a so that it will only be necessary to employa fastening device on one side of the punch to hold it in place, as by the thumbnut already described. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 2, the right-hand wall of the recess a is straight 011 its outer side and is then incut 0r beveled inward, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3 and in full lines in Fig. 6. The object of this arrangement is to prevent the cutter from working out of the jaw when the device is in use.

In supplying an instrument such as that shown there will be provided a plurality of punches, so that the device will be applicable to operate upon large or small swine, it being only necessary to make the punch portion 11 smaller or larger, as the case may be, without interfering in any way with the head I).

It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the employment of the threaded extension 1) to hold the thumb-nut in place on the cutter, as the said nut may be secured by upsetting the end of the extension, thereby dispensing with the employment of the threads.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A pair of tongs comprising, in part, two jaws, one of which is provided with achamher, having in its rear wall a slot, and in one of its side walls a recess having an external surrounding countersinlgin combination with a hollow punch, having a head for engaging the chamber, and with an oifset fitting the side recess, and a fastening device adapted to engage the countersink to hold the punch in place, substantially as described.

2. A pair of tongs comprising, in part, two jaws, one of which is provided with a chamber, having in its rear wall a slot, and in one of its side walls a recess having an external surrounding countersink, in combination with a hollow punch, the cutting portion of which is approximately semicircular in crosssection, the punch having a head for engaging the chamber, and with an offset fitting the side recess, and a fastening device adapted to engage the countersink to hold the punch in place, the other jaw being provided with a chamber in which is fitted a yielding bed or contact-face for the cutting edge of the punch, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT SINGLETON RUST.

Witnesses:

R. G. DYRENFORTH, R. M. ELLIOTT. 

